leave no stone unturned

Meaning: (idiomatic)Tosearchorinvestigatethoroughly.2021August 25, Tassanee Vejpongsa, “Video sparks arrest of Thai police in drug suspect's death”, inThe Washington Post‎[1], retrieved26 August 2021:“This case of police torture and murder is shocking. But this is not the first case and it is unlikely to be the last case until and unless the police conduct serious interrogations and investigations andleave no stones unturned,” said Sunai Phasuk, a senior researcher for Human Rights Watch.2021December 29, Paul Stephen, “Rail's accident investigators”, inRAIL, number947, page30:We have a lead inspector who has a global overview of the investigation and will have site handback in mind, although wewon't leave any stone unturned.For more quotations using this term, seeCitations:leave no stone unturned.; (figuratively)To perform ataskcarefully and thoroughly, not missing any step.1697,Virgil, “The Second Book of theÆneis”, inJohn Dryden, transl.,The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis.[…], London:[…]Jacob Tonson,[…],→OCLC:[He]left unturned no stone/ To make my guilt appear, and hide his own.1897,Bram Stoker,Dracula, published1993, page297:We mean toleave no stone unturnedto carry out our intent.1988,Richard Nixon, “The Awakened Giant”, in1999: Victory Without War‎[2],Simon and Schuster,→ISBN,→LCCN,→OCLC,page258:But we must make it clear that in building our friendship with the Chinese on the mainland we will not sacrifice our Chinese friends on Taiwan.Julian Ameryput the issue eloquently: "It is often necessary and legitimate to abandon causes long supported and to dissolve pledged bonds of alliance. But it is always wrong to abandon men who have been friends to their fate. We may have to jettison their interests but we shouldleave no stone unturnedto save at least their lives."2008March 11, “Australia cancel tour of Pakistan”, inThe Guardian, retrieved2 May 2013:James Sutherland insists Australia had "no alternative" but to cancel the tour. "We haveleft no stone unturnedin trying to ensure the tour could proceed as planned but at the end of the day the safety and security of our employees must come first."For more quotations using this term, seeCitations:leave no stone unturned.

Examples:

EN: It is essential that we leave no stone unturned to apprehend this criminal and his possible accomplices!
ES: Es esencial que no dejemos piedra sin remover... para arrestar a este criminal y sus posibles cómplices.
EN: Well, I hope you will be so with me. I wish to leave no stone unturned to avenge straker and recover my horse.
ES: No quiero dejar ni un cabo suelto para vengar a Straker y recuperar mi caballo.
EN: And in fact, if I may coin a phrase, leave no stone unturned.
ES: De hecho, si me permiten la frase nueva, mover cielo y tierra.
EN: I will leave no stone unturned.
ES: No dejaré piedra sobre piedra.
EN: Today I hear a great deal of talk in this country about the dangers of inflation... which may lead to another economic depression. In a society as complicated and delicate as ours... we must leave no stone unturned in our search for stability.
ES: Hoy, que tanto se habla en el país del peligro de la inflación... que podría llevarnos a una nueva depresión, en una sociedad tan compleja como la nuestra debemos buscar la estabillidad a toda costa.
EN: In a manner so serious as this, we must make sure... of every point, explore every avenue, and, in fact, if I may coin a phrase, leave no stone unturned.
ES: En un asusto tan serio, debemos asegurarnos... de investigar todas las posibilidades, de no dejar piedra por mover.
EN: The point is, Mr Edwards is going to leave no stone unturned to develop your talent and make you happy
ES: El hecho es que, el Sr Edwards no dejará piedra sin remover para desarrollar su talento y hacerla feliz
EN: We will leave no stone unturned in our unswerving pursuit...'
ES: Vamos a dejar todo lo posible en nuestra incesante búsqueda ...' 'fronteras acariciado Reich'
EN: I swore to leave no stone unturned until I find her.
ES: Juré hacer todo lo posible por encontrarla.
EN: They'll leave no stone unturned to find you
ES: No dejarán una sola piedra sin levantar hasta que te encuentren.
EN: Go and tell Caesar that we will leave no stone unturned.
ES: Ve y dile al César que lucharemos hasta el final.
EN: I will do whatever I can, and leave no stone unturned, specially to deal with the evil Red Lotus Clan
ES: Haré lo que pueda, y no habrá piedra que no dé vuelta, especialmente si se trata del maligno Clan del Loto Rojo.
EN: We must leave no stone unturned.
ES: No podemos dejar cabos sueltos.
EN: Men like this leave no stone unturned in their search for their disgusting gratifications.
ES: Este tipo de hombre no abandona nunca la búsqueda de sus repulsivos placeres.
EN: You must seek him out wherever he may be hiding - search every house, every cave, behind every tree and bush and leave no stone unturned.
ES: Debeis buscarlo en todos los escondrijos posibles. Buscad en cada casa, en cada cueva, detrás de cada arbol y de cada matorral. No dejeis una sola piedra sin remover.

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